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Porsche has dispelled with any doubt about whether the upcoming Mission E is targeting the Tesla Model S.

An anonymous Porsche engineer who’s not involved in the development of the Mission E heaped praise on the car, before an unnamed Porsche product manager took a shot at the Model S in an interview with Automobile.

The engineer said that the Mission E will be “something special,” and that company is working to ensure that the car is “a true Porsche through and through.”

Meanwhile, the product manager had this to say: “It’ll be something entirely different than any of its competitors, across the board.” He went on to add: “The thing about [Tesla’s] Ludicrous mode is that it’s a façade. Two launches saps the whole battery. That won’t be the case with the Mission E. You’ll be able to run it hard, over and over; the battery will not overheat, the power control module will not overheat, and the seats will not suck.”